Iran, Russia and China are propping up Syria's war-ravaged economy, with President Bashar al-Assad's regime doing all its business in rials, roubles and renminbi as it seeks to beat western sanctions, according to the country's senior economics minister http://link.ft.com/r/73UJGG/06Y2A8/0GINVW/2OG1AJ/5236V2/50/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27